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P/2018 L5 (Leonard)

Basic Information of P/2018 L5 (Leonard)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type P
Perihelion distance (AU) 2.307326
Eccentricity 0.364197
Inclination (deg) 2.208300
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 219.066900
Argument of perihelion (deg) 93.935000
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements
Period (years) 6.913207

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2025-04-03T17:08:44.160
Period (years) 6.913207

Magnitude

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Ephemeris

Date (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Δ (AU) Motion (arcsec/hr) Dir (deg) Nearest HIP Dist (arcmin)
2025-11-21 00:08:22.12 +01:57:40.5 2.069 8.82 83.0 HIP 565 23.23
2025-11-22 00:08:36.13 +01:58:06.2 2.083 9.66 81.4 HIP 604 26.42
2025-11-23 00:08:51.42 +01:58:40.8 2.098 10.50 80.1 HIP 870 27.70
2025-11-24 00:09:07.98 +01:59:24.3 2.113 11.34 78.9 HIP 870 23.50
2025-11-25 00:09:25.80 +02:00:16.5 2.127 12.17 78.0 HIP 870 18.97
2025-11-26 00:09:44.85 +02:01:17.5 2.142 13.00 77.1 HIP 870 14.11
2025-11-27 00:10:05.14 +02:02:27.0 2.157 13.81 76.4 HIP 870 8.94
2025-11-28 00:10:26.63 +02:03:45.1 2.172 14.62 75.7 HIP 870 3.55
2025-11-29 00:10:49.32 +02:05:11.5 2.188 15.43 75.2 HIP 870 2.84
2025-11-30 00:11:13.20 +02:06:46.3 2.203 16.22 74.7 HIP 870 8.81
2025-12-01 00:11:38.24 +02:08:29.2 2.218 17.00 74.2 HIP 870 15.26
2025-12-02 00:12:04.42 +02:10:20.2 2.234 17.77 73.8 HIP 870 22.05
2025-12-03 00:12:31.74 +02:12:19.1 2.250 18.53 73.4 HIP 868 28.67
2025-12-04 00:13:00.17 +02:14:25.9 2.265 19.27 73.1 HIP 868 35.38
2025-12-05 00:13:29.70 +02:16:40.4 2.281 20.01 72.8 HIP 1040 40.96
2025-12-06 00:14:00.31 +02:19:02.4 2.297 20.74 72.5 HIP 1264 36.15
2025-12-07 00:14:31.98 +02:21:32.0 2.313 20.74 72.5 HIP 1264 28.64